I have not rented a UHaul setup; went with Ryder and had no trouble backing
up about 110 yards to get out of a dead-end street.
Carl
-----Original Message-----
From: Randall Young [mailto:ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM]
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 2:07 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: TS41136: Off to a bad start
On Monday, September 18, 2000 9:49 AM, pRob [SMTP:prob@prob.com] wrote:
> I found out, close to the end of
> a narrow dead-end street, that the trailer would not roll backwards.
Rob :
As I'm sure others have explained by now, that is normal behavior for a
trailer
with surge brakes. Trailer brakes are required by law in most places, and
the
alternative to surge brakes is electric brakes with a controller fitted to
the
tow vehicle. Since most trailer renters are unwilling to modify their
vehicles, almost all rental trailers have surge brakes.
Seems to me that U-haul went a long way out of their way (even giving you a
free rental) for what was basically your ignorance. If you rent something,
you
are expected to know how to operate it ...
I'm not especially trying to defend U-haul, the clerk should have known
better
than to tell you anything (it's not their responsibility to educate you on
how
to operate the equipment), just pointing out that the fault was not entirely
theirs.
Randall - who's BTDT, but didn't blame U-haul
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